Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Fifteen, Lesson Three: Acronyms

  1. worm
  2. ferment
  3. firm
  4. swarm
  5. storm
  6. border
  7. boundary
  8. outside
  9. entrance
  10. clarify
  1. happened
  2. language
  3. beautiful
  4. understand
  5. complete
  6. classify
  7. group
  8. category
  9. similar
  10. identify
Acronyms

Acronyms are very much like abbreviations. Here are some examples: 


	PIN: Personal Identification Number

	SCUBA:  Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

	AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

	NASA: National Aeronatics and Space Administration
The special thing about acronyms is that instead of saying the letters separately (as in N-A-S-A), you say them as a word or a name (as in NASA).

Here are a few more examples: 


	RAM: Random-Access Memory

	ROM: Read-Only Memory

	AWOL: Absent WithOut Leave

	OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Acronyms are always written as all capitals.

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